orleans each. and that community is variety and their reinventing even nor one's culture. and after katrina, that community was devastated by katrina, i mean totally leveled and they were back within a year because they helped each other get through that at the destruction financially. they helped each other and they're still striving that as an example of what can happen on a positive level, with even a refugee population. just wait, continue to have your education, let them work, an honest job. 50 years later, everything's much, much better. thank you so much, professor for all your time today. and there are very few winters when it comes to global catastrophes that involves so many displaced people. while the refugees are the biggest losers who have lost everything, their homes, their way of life, their country, the neighboring countries, are also feeling the effects as well. having to receive millions of refugees. many people feel over whelmed by the numbers and see people moving across the bor

but not only, and i grew up in new orleans. and a lot of those vietnamese ended up in southern louisiana. which in a way was logical because they're going from a catholic society to a catholic society. and a lot of them were south vietnamese who were catholic and they were going from a fishing society to a fishing society and back in the 1970s. again, i was a child back then, but i distinctly remember that there were like fist fights between cajun fishermen in vietnamese fishermen. and i distinctly remember that the v in the me is held all the low wage jobs in the supermarkets and gas stations in the mid seventies. now you fast forward 50 years later. and the representative from new orleans east, which is where most of the vietnamese live is a v. it. and it means american and they've added things to new orleans culture. that's very positive for example. um, i don't know if anyone in the, in the, in the audience is familiar with king cakes. but it's a big thing in new orleans around mardi gras to have a king cake which is a type

orleans each. and that community is thriving and there reinventing even nor one's culture. and after katrina, that community was devastated by katrina, i mean totally leveled and they were back within a year because they helped each other get through that at the destruction financially. they helped each other and they're still striving that as an example of what can happen on a positive level, with even a refugee population. just wait, continue to have your education, let them work, an honest job. 50 years later, everything's much, much better. thank you so much, professor for your all your time today. there are very few winters when it comes to global catastrophes that involves so many displaced people. while the refugees are the biggest losers who have lost everything, their homes, their way of life, their country, the neighboring countries, are also feeling the effects as well. having to receive millions of refugees. many people feel over whelmed by the numbers and see people moving across the b

we know that the city of new orleans has been on the front lines of climate change. this is yet another example of that. extreme, excessive heat that we have never experienced before, especially during a time when we're hosting thousands of people coming into the city of new orleans. >> reporter: and guys, you'll recall hurricane ida a couple of years ago ripped right through new orleans, certainly skirted and did a lot of damage to this city, heat advisories after the hurricane came through and new orleans used that as a blue print for cooling centers and stations to bring people -- they have a whole transportation network to reach the most vulnerable, specifically and especially the unhoused. those efforts are ongoing right now to help people to deal with what right now is triple-digit temperatures. >> i want to bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins, what concerns you most right now? >> the airports and the thunderstorms. i'm not concerned with these thunderstorms doing extreme damage but we have ground jp stops going into dulles, philadelphia, newark, lga laguard

but it's a big thing in new orleans around marty garad. i have a king cake which is a type of pastry with a baby in the middle. well, when i was growing up, the king kicks were in edible. there was this company called mackenzie's that would make it and sprinkle some powdered sugar on top. it was terrible, always stale, just awful. well the v and the means of reinvented the king cake. and in new orleans now the best king kick in the entire city comes out of a v as in the means bakery and new orleans each and that community is driving and they're reinventing even north one's culture. and after katrina, that community was devastated by katrina. i mean, totally leveled and they were back within a year because they helped each other get through that at the destruction financially. they helped each other and they're still striving. that as an example of what can happen on a positive level with even a refugee population, just wait, continue to have your education, let them work, an honest job. 50 years later, everything's much, much better. thank

so i booked eight ticket and came to new orleans. had a few lecture introductions to ladies in new orleans. they don't look i'd kept eye cap the name of some people. one of them i had known during the war are actually after the war and eight rest camp. i knew he was married and had children it was a great w time o meet them. so we agreed to meet. at that particular time, in those days there is a friendship is to come to new orleans around christmas time it was a school ship. it would be here for christmas and during the duration of the holidays. it so happened ship captain i had known also in france. we were supposed to have a grand evening that evening and the captain of the vessel and myself. he called it the last said he could not come. said is going to make us run a set up a ident like that but i said okay. so he brought the little brother that was on the sunday i believe. that was on a sunday and by saturday we were engaged. [laughter] will be married 67 years. but back ex just a minute please. let me bring the microphone to you

tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> i'm sam brock in new orleans' french quarter, where long lines packed this steamboat dock, as unrelenting heat is steaming the entire city >> it's really hot out here >> reporter: new orleans could set record highs the next four days with the heat index approaching 120 degrees. >> i saw someone about two weeks ago had a heatstroke, a lady out here so it's very hot >> reporter: is that scary to see firsthand? >> yes, it was. >> reporter: the city's top priority, caring for the most vulnerable, opening at least nine cooling centers and hydration stations what is the precedence for this kind of a heatwave here >> well, this is unprecedented. extreme, excessive heats that we've never experienced before. >> reporter: the fierce triple-digit temps even impacting our furry friends, who went running for cover, and rendering our news crew camera unusable, frying its circuits by midmorning >> the key thing is take it easy stay hydrated and just use your good senses about. >> reporter: but it's the smoke from the canadian wildfires to our north that's now c

. >> new orleans is the perfect place for the essence festival.rt of it. it's a city like none other. >> it's part of the theme, the power of joy. essence magazine was first published in may 1970 and it has been an inspiration for women of color across the country and around the world. reminding us that beauty comes in all shades and we are powerful. as part of the celebration, the new orleans convention center will be filled with vendors as women search for the latest in beauty, fashion, health, food and fun. >> what's great is you get to celebrate everything about a black woman. personalities, culinary experiences. the sisterhood is so real. >> it's also about purpose and community, featuring many discussions on everything from education to economics and entertainment. speaking of entertainment, you have to attend the essence fest concerts. they began in 1995 as part of the 25th anniversary and it was a huge success and became an annual event. this year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop. if you cannot make it to new orleans you

tenido 4 llamadas de reportar >>> en texas austin, mcallen, houston, san antonio >>> el paso y new orleansatuta >>> el servicio extendiÓ el aviso de calor hasta el domingo en la noche ademÁs advirtieron que las zonas afectadas podrÍan ver nuevos rÉcords que continuarÁ por varios rÉcord mÁs >>> incluyendo texas en donde un tornado categorÍa ef3 con vientos millas por horas dejÓ al menos 3 muertos y decenas de heridos >>> tras visitar la zona el gobernador declarÓ estado de emergencia en 7 condados. >> describiÓ la destrucciÓn como la peor que ha visto en su vida calificando de horenda la devastaciÓn pero el peligro no cesa vientos y posibilidad de tornados persiste ademÁs hay alertas de inundaciÓn hasta el lunes el sur de georgia >>> mantendrÁ rÁfagas de vientos daÑinas y rÁfagas >>> asÍ tambiÉn para las partes del sur de kansas y oklahoma. >> con relaciÓn a la ola de calor abrieron centros de enfriamiento en el paso advirtieron que hidratar yves tiro de manera adecuada un golpe de calor provocar daÑos y otros Órganos >>> la campaÑa biden harris comenzÓ oficialmente hoy el presidente biden

so i booked a ticket that came new orleans. i had a few of introduction to some ladies in, new orleans, but i also had a little notebook that i had kept. i had the name of some people that i knew and i thought, hmm, i'm going to call them. so one of them was the box whom i had known during the war, actually after the war, when he can address camp. and i knew that he was buried in that little channel, that i'd be a great time to them. so we agreed to meet, and it's so that at that particular time, in those days, there was a friendship that used to come to new orleans around christmastime. it was a school ship and it would be here for christmas and during the duration of the holidays. and it so happened that the comment the the ship captain of i had known also in france and so we're supposed to have a grand evening that evening with bob french and berg and that the captain of the vessel and myself. and then he called and said at the last minute you couldn't come. you couldn't leave the ship because something had happened on the s

orleans. by the end of 61. you know, he kept landing into places that lincoln thought he would be out of trouble and he would put them there and he would start trouble wherever you went, which is why eventually send him back. virginia, i guess if you're going to be in trouble, be in trouble. where you started and let's see what, you can do make some good trouble where you are. but when he went to new orleans, he he really did not extend this contraband idea to the blacks in new orleans. interestingly, in part because he got so much blowback when he was in virginia. but the other part is he thought new orleans was a little different culture. now, why i have no idea. but he thought it was and so he was trying to negotiate a better relationship with the whites in new orleans than. he had with those in virginia, in part because new orleans was a place where many white confederates did not leave the city at fort monroe. whites abandoned hampton in 1861 and tried to burn the village down completely,

orleans. by the end of 61. you know, he kept landing into places that lincoln thought he would be out of trouble and he would put them there and he would start trouble wherever you went, which is why eventually send him back. virginia, i guess if you're going to be in trouble, be in trouble. where you started and let's see what, you can do make some good trouble where you are. but when he went to new orleans, he he really did not extend this contraband idea to the blacks in new orleans. interestingly, in part because he got so much blowback when he was in virginia. but the other part is he thought new orleans was a little different culture. now, why i have no idea. but he thought it was and so he was trying to negotiate a better relationship with the whites in new orleans than. he had with those in virginia, in part because new orleans was a place where many white confederates did not leave the city at fort monroe. whites abandoned hampton in 1861 and tried to burn the village down completely,

so i booked a ticket and came to new orleans.had a a few introductions to legs in new orleans but also had a little notebook that i've kept an eye the name of some people that i knew and i thought i'm going to call them. one of them was -- whom i had known during the war, actually after the war, when he was in camp, at a rescue at in your that he was married and had two little children. i thought that would be a great time to meet them. so we agreed to meet and it so happened that at that particular time, in those days there was a friendship that you succumb to new orleans around christmas time, it was a school ship and it would be here for christmas during the duration of the holidays. and it so happened that the ship captain i had done also in france, and so we were supposed to have a grand evening that evening with the captain of the vessel and myself, and then he called and said at the last minute he couldn't come to him he couldn't leave the ship because something had happened on the ship, he had to say i could stay. he was

>> lester, what makes this such an unusual event for new orleans here is the longevity, the fact that it could be five or six days of this kind of extreme heat, and it's not just louisiana either. texas's electrical grid just broke its all-time june record for daily usage. lester? >> all right. sam brock, thanks. >>> let's turn now to the leaked audio recording of former president trump, apparently discussing a classified document. the republican front-runner firing back tonight. garrett haake has late details. >> reporter: a defiant donald trump tonight on the campaign trail. >> every time the radical left democrats marxists, communist and fascists indict me, i consider it a badge, a great big beautiful badge of honor and courage. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting the special counsel, doj and fbi for what he labeled an illegally leaked and spun audio recording, calling it election interference. in the recording, obtained by nbc news, the former president is heard discussing with aides and writers working on former chief of staff mark meadows' memoir what appears to be a classified docu

they will face either the new orleans breakers or the birmingham stall yonkerses who will square offague's top two quarter quarterbacks, the top two offenses, the top two high-scoring teams facing off to get to the championship game. so joining us now is the usfl executive vice president for football operation s, former cowboy, three -time super bowl champion, darryl johnson. moose, it's great to see you this morning. so first, before we get to the championship game, this is what you'd like for a conference, it's what you'd like in primetime tonight. you've got two high-powered offenses going head-to-head. >> absolutely, will. if you like defense, yesterday, was your game but if you like offense tonight is your game and its been contentious here every time new orleans and birmingham have played at the hub but when they have the game that week, not a lot of friends walking around in the birmingham area so we split everything we do, move training rooms, pre-game meal is completely separate areas so this is one of the rivalries that's grown throughout the season that's been really fun t

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as we traveled to the south of louisiana, new orleans musicians village was built for those who lost their homes to hurricane katrina. here we meet george ang meyer. the de jane audio engineer was shocked to get news of a hefty increase in his homeowners insurance. while i got an email recently informing me that i needed to look at the new documentation because the insurance rates were going up and i didn't realize that they were going to actually double like maybe to the cost of insuring private residences has soared in many coastal states recently a meyer took the facebook to vent his anger at the rising rates. more than 160 of his friends describe similar problems. we travel further south from new orleans passing the oil refineries that straddled by hughes and wetlands and houses nestled between the gulf of mexico and the mississippi river. here it becomes clear why people and louisiana are more likely to a flood insurance than residents of any other state. flood insurance is provided by fema a federal agency. there recently changed it's methodology. now, houses that are raised ab

it's a stormy start to the workweek across the southeast from new orleans to charlotte down to tampa, flash flooding, hail and damaging winds at any point during the day today. meantime, it's all about the heat in texas and the gulf coast. real feel temperatures for the next few days could get as high as 115 degrees. stay hydrated and try to stay out of the heat. meantime the smoke could be returning to the northeast and midwest this week. that's the last thing we need. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin corcoran. in the way americans are ordering coffee. but first the rescue at sea as a boat capsizes in stormy weather off florida and from a bear climbing into a house to the man attacked while drinking his morning coffee. what's behind the increasing number of human encounters with bears after my car accident, i wondered what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. atat t bararnefirmrm, our r inry a attneysys wk hahard i could've made. atat t bararnefirmr

[laughter] can you tell people how you came to new orleans and there will be a question in the aisleget to. >> probably know by now i am impulsive so i decided i would stay in my grandmother went back to so i took a job somebody said you should go to new orleans, everybody speaks why not? [laughter] so i bought a ticket and came. i had a little notebook with the name of people ith knew to one f them was one-minute during the war and attack this was a great time to meet them so we agreed to meet in a particular time in those days around christmas time it was a school ship and there's a duration of holidays and the ship captain we are supposed to run with and that is the captain and myself. he said he couldn't come so they said okay. that was a sunday i believe. by saturday they were wearing it. [laughter] it would be nice 67 years. [applause] >> just a minute, let me bring the microphone to you. >> i think nicole forgot to mention he was skipper of the pt boat and that's how you met him. >> that's right. thank you. >> you at the underground, how did you control your fear? >> sixteen y

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the annual festival taking over new orleans.at the events already underway, and we will tell you who is expected to speak tonight. >> plus, drew. >> look. that looks fun. >> you can see how compressed the marine layer is. that is about it. when it comes to fog. and a lot of cities along the coast. we have limited fog in the month of june. the heat is on today. we are at 412 degrees above average for this time of year. the months that has been so chilly, but we are ending it on eight warm know. 50's, coast, but 60's inland. 74 in clear lake. i will get hot later on the afternoon. here's future weather. very little walk. that will warm up pretty fast. if you have a light layer is used about the door, especially close to the coastline, you will not have it long. temperatures in the 90's by lunchtime, and in the hottest but, there you go. by 4 p.m., triple digit returns. bay shoreline for a lot of folks. this is the hottest weather since october or september. looking at the highs, 90 in san jose, 71 in the city. if you want to beat

lavigne: we are called cancer alley between new orleans and baton rouge, especially st. johns parish, they are suffering and the plant is dupont and these people are suffering even worse than us and more people have been dghted with cancer and more people are dying with cancer and we are dying with cancer. one time we had two to three funerals in one week. and prior to me starting this work, i wondered why and then i started doing the work and i found out about all the plews taints because we have 10 industries with a 10-mile radius and people are sick. people have asthma. children are being born preemies and women having miskawrnlings and you can't breathe the air. you can see that yellow sulfur. when you pass by that plant and get a whiff of that odor and goes down to your throat. and my daughter had to move because she was always going to the doctor for sign us, ear infections and my other daughter had to move because she is having head aches. i'm still there. my three children are still there. any other three left. this is a skeleton town because our public officials

. >> jimmy: you're from new orleans, very proudly from new orleans. >> anthony: yes, sirs >> jimmy: curiousgas and people find that fascinating, oh, my gosh what's it like. what's it like growing up with mardi gras? do you go to that? >> you go as kids with your parents and run around with us i always had the competition of who could catch the most cups because all year you drink from those cups. like i never drank from a cup from a store until i was like 22. we didn't have fine china we had mardi gras cups. >> jimmy: so if you were good at catching you had to just drink out of your hands. >> anthony: no you stand under the older people and every time a cup come you bump them and get their cups. i used to get stacks. and when you go out with your friends everybody leaves home with a cup and who knows where that cup will end by the end of the night. >> jimmy: right. whoa, how about that. i knew about the beads. >> anthony: yeah, well the beads a whole different thing. nobody keeps beads. >> jimmy: nobody keeps the beads. >> anthony: no because a week later you wear beads on your flight and p

. >> i don't think you get new orleans without the music.honor. >> ♪ he's writing and producing original songs for tiana bayou's adventures. >> for me creating music for disney is a full-circle moment and i get to be me so it is doubly exciting for me. >> she's the princess that comes from a real place, new orleans. it was really extremely important to us to make sure reare being authentic. >> that authenticity extends beyond the music. meet daryl reed, a third generation master black smith and welder born and raised in the same neighborhood where his shop is. you can't go anywhere in the big ez without running into his metal work and restoration. >> you have your own work all over the city and all over the buildings. >> all over the world. >> look at that. your work is all over the world. >> simple welder. [laughter] i still can't believe it. >> reporter: disney is tapping their team to create an intricate crop and using century's old techniques with a subtle african flare. >> i wanted something dealing with more artistic. >> yeah, this is

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, chicago, city of new orleans, but also wants to expand to little rock and/or nashville. can you give me and assessment of where those possible expansions, service out of memphis, stand at the present time? mr. gardner: thank you, congressman. thanks for your supporting leadership on passenger rail issues. i know that the state has submitted a quarter identification application to the federal rail administration for service from memphis east to nashville, to chattanooga and atlanta. that's a very interesting corridor, one that holds a lot of promise. and the process now will be for the f.r.a. to consider those applications for the corridor development program. and to make their selections. that will provide some initial seed funding to begin the planning work so that's a great step. and one that we support. mr. cohen: could the state do more? is the state doing what's necessary? mr. gardner: this is the first critical stoap get in the program, to express their interest. once f.r.a. make theirs decisions there'll be a process to further study and work with host railroads a

want to bring in nbc's antonia hylton, nbc's sam brock in steamy, new orleans. antonia let me start with you on this one. i cannot open up my instagram feed, any of my social media feeds without seeing friends, family, that have been delayed at airports, all out canceled told they can't travel until friday or saturday at the earliest. what are folks dealing with? >> reporter: well, yasmin, they are dealing with those kinds of headaches and frustrations right now, long lines, you can expect if you're traveling in the next couple of days. there have been more than 700 cancellations across the country today, and here at logan in boston, dozens just at this airport alone. and the staff here at logan have been handing out these thin, green cots to families who have been stuck here overnight or for long stretches of time needing to get some rest on something better than one of the airport benches here. you can see the palpable exhaustion on people's faces. this is of course coming too as we get ready for the hottest week of air travel. i mean, it's about to be july 4t

as far as new orleans is concerned, i'm standing in front of city hall.precedented what they're seeing here in terms of not just the heat index, around 112, 113 right now, the projection showed it could reach as high as 120. the longevity this is an event that is expected to last five or six days, not just a one-day thing. so there is deep concern among public officials here about those who are most vulnerable, with the mayor telling me they turned nine areas, community rec centers into cooling stations and hydration stations that they're taking people there and creating that opportunity. their deepest concern now are those who are unhoused, in parts of the city that are the warmest. and in new orleans right now is utilizing technology to figure out exactly where those hottest areas are within the city and reach the people living there. you walk around the streets of the french quarter and there is so much virancy of always, a ca cacophony of sounds, just the typical activities you would see within a city. i'm talking to the folks and visitors from out of

while severe weather to our south has new orleans marching to a familiar beat of extrem caution as the heat index soars close to 120 degrees. how do you help make sure that everyone is staying safe in this kind of heat >> we hydrate ourselves, take mini breaks, drink water, drink gatorade those things like that >> reporter: the crescent city just one of many from florida to california to the mississippi valley getting crushed by record-breaking temperatures new orleans homeland security director says the city has distributed 5,000 bottles of water and activated its emergency operation center with hundreds of thousands coming this weekend for the essence festival >> what we want to do is make sure every day we're communicating what the situation on the ground is. they have the capability of utilizing buses as cooling shelters, mobile cooling shelters >> reporter: but tonight relief also needed for residents like willie williams jr >> i didn't wash my toothbrush with faucet water. i used bottled water >> reporter: williams jr. planted his flag in the 7th ward decades ago and is one of ab

. ♪ ama: the annual essence festival is kicking off in new orleans.created by women of color for women of color. it has something for everyone. disney is a proud sponsor. rachel brown from our sister station has a look at what's on tap for this year's festival. reporter: the party is back in the crescent city. the mayor kicking off the annual essence fest celebration. ♪ hosted for women, by women. it's become a celebration of black culture, a yearly destination of experiences from food, health and beauty booths, networking opportunities and more. we spoke to the new orleans mayor about the relationship between her city and this festival that's become a tradition for so many. >> black women, culture, resiliency, celebrating love, joy, coming together as a community. it's like an annual family reunion where you get a dose of inspiration that lasts you throughout the year. reporter: vice president kamala harris will be speaking at the global black economic form and it will be the first night of conference -- concerts. you can stream live on hulu. ama: th

nbc's sam brock joins us from new orleans with the latest. sam, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, savannah, good morning the breadth of that bad air from canada is truly stunning more than one out of every three americans right now breathing in that smoky haze. but the story here in the south, without question, savannah, is the heat in texas and louisiana alone, so far, at least 11 confirmed fatalities it's a figure that we almost certainly think, tragically, will be rising i'm in the french quarter right now. there's an excessive heat warning here the streets are empty at this early hour that is going to change. the "essence" festival being on its way to be held here in new orleans. thousands of people will be packing these streets. right now it's a split screen of severe weather straddling the country. more than 100 million are breathing in smoky wildfire-fueled air. >> i can't even get a breath of fresh air. >> reporter: while intense heat is making life miserable in places like dallas, houston, and new orleans. and a sizable chunk of peopl

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new orleans will see temperatures near the triple digits. factor in the heat, look at this. the humidity it's triple digits in new orleans, little rock, wichita, on into st. louis and nashville. and we're not going to see much changing expected record highs from poplar bluff, houston, gulf port, new orleans, on into the weekend. this ridge will weaken, so we'll start to see temperatures cool a bit, but that heat does expand to the east and north for st. louis, memphis, and jackson, but the heat will continue in texas. guys? >> all right, al, thank you. >> we turn to a major development in the federal case against donald trump. for the first time an audio recording has surfaced in which the former president appears to discuss classified documents of people who did not have security clearance. nbc's garrett haake is in washington with more on this. garrett, good morning. this is a key piece of evidence and mentioned in the indictment. now, people are able to hear it for themselves. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, savannah. good morning. we ha

national weather service says new orleans has surpassed the number for the most in that of heat warnings in a year. in texas, at least 11 people have died in just one county due to heat-related causes. and now the heatwave is set to expand. the latest now from chad myers. >> big high pressure in the central plains finally giving up some of its grip and pushing a lot of that heat off to the east in places like mobile, into birmingham, new orleans, where the excessive heat warnings are sliding off to the east and away from texas where all the massive heat has been. look along the gulf coast, this is muggy down here. a lot of humidity in the air. it will feel like 110 to 115 degrees in some places. and remember the numbers you see here and the heat index you might see on your tv or somewhere else, those numbers are in the shade. when you get out in the sunshine, it will feel even warmer than that. dallas finally down below 100 for a high on saturday. only 97. something else going on great lakes and ohio valley, all the smoke from the wildfires making another approach to this area here. had

charles avenue near the stately mansions of new orleans most prosperous citizens. in the home bessie grew up with more than 150 orphans and half orphans from throughout the deep south. its trustees were not content to provide them with near subsistence. instead the home groomed bessie as an all american girl who reflected the values and culture of her prosperous benefactors. in addition to a reform jewish education, the home provided bessie with a robust secular education at the isadore newman school, the isadore newman manual training school where the cutting edge curriculum emphasized home economics and woodworking as well as rigorous academics. the home built this unique school to educate its wards first, but was open regardless of religion to other children, albeit then only white children whose parents paid tuition. newman quickly became what it remains today, one of the south's finest college prep schools. bessie excelled in every subject. she graduated from newman in 1925 as a 16-year-old leader who was comfortable in a co-ed setting, competing, succeeding,

born alice moore in new orleans in 1875, her mother was a father's identity is disputed, scholars saykely white. dunbar-nelson graduated from what's now dillard university, a historically black school in new orleans. she was one the very few children of formerly enslaved people to go to college. after a brief time teaching elementary school, she began her pursuit of a literary career. her first collection of short stories and poetry -- “violet and other tales” -- was published in 1895. it was regarded as the first known work of its kind by a black woman. she would continue to publish poetry and short stories throughout her life, writing about racism and oppression, a challenging the conventions of gender and marriage. dunbar-nelson had three husbands, including internationally acclaimed poet paul laurence dunbar. their short-lived union was marked by physical and emotional abuse. she also had relationships with women, including journalist fay m. jackson, poet helene ricks london, and educator edwina kruse, who once wrotto dunbar-nelson, "we were more than sisters." starting ithe 1910'

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